Unibroue Blanche de Chambly

Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Chambly, Canada

Cloudy pale lemon yellow color with a small white head. Aroma is spicy with hints of leather. Flavor is weak apple, grape and a little clove. Aftertaste is dry with hints of correander and leather.

Pours a cloudy light yellow, nice white head. Lemon, citrusy flavor, along with spices, great moutfeel, very crisp and refreshing and very easy to drink, good but not awesome.

My original personal notes on this tasting were pretty positive but that was at a time when my contact with German witbiers was fairly limited. This is a beer type I have become warm to but this rendition (Canadianized) leaves me a bit flat. I am rating this beer again after a year or so of sampling other witbiers. This is a white beer in all physical aspects but it is not quite as well balanced or sweet and lacks the spice and fruity esters of it‘s German counterparts. A bit too dry for the style. Pours a pale murky straw color with lots of effervescence and a frothy head that stacked 2 fingers out of the glass then reduced to a lace sheet that capped the drink to the finish. Aroma was very subtle of spice and raisins with a waft of alcohol. Starts crisp then builds to a pleasing mirage of grain, fruits and spice tastes all devilishly subdued with the hopping upsetting hte balance, The finish is quite a surprise with a lingering essence of metallic hops. A Canadianized representation of this genre, dry but very drinkable.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy pale golden with a large long lasting white head that leaves some lacing. Aroma of citrus, wheat, banana, and coriander. Taste is full of wheat and yeast with soft notes of citrus, coriander, and banana. Medium thin mouthfeel with tingly carbonation and a slightly tart finish. A very good Wit.

Bottle. Cloudy peach flavor, with a fizzy white head. White beers are some of the uglier beers around, but looks can be deceiving. Aromas of cloves, banana, and hay. A real farmhouse feel in the nose. Flavors of spices are present. Nutmeg, wheat, hay. Good. A watery finish that tickles the tongue and fancy. Good beer.

"Goot wit, poureda hazy orange color with a massive head. okay lacing nothing amazing. Aroma was of strong coriander some wheat and a little floral. Flavor was of coriander and wheat the floral did make it in there. Good beer. "

Very nice Witbier, another solid effort by Unibroue. Cloudy golden orange pour with a three finger head that settles over time. Ample strings of lacing. Hearty citrus scent with the noticeable yeast, and some spicy banana also pulls through creating a wonderful aroma. Easy and clean on the palate, very light and lively with no lingering aftertaste. Mellow flavor very typical of a well crafted Wit. Fruity with some doughy malt and subtle yeast flavor. Rather tame and well enjoyed. This is a nice one but would be rather difficult to distinguish among the other standards in this style. Nothing surprising and it delivers a great aroma and pleasant mild taste.

One bottle from BOTW 6/21/07. Pours a hazy goden color. Large white foamy head that stayed around awhile. Aroma of yeast and a slight hint of ripe fruit sweetness. Flavor is very carbonated and gives off a very grainy yeasty character with some lemon. Nice refreshing beer.